In my latest In My Kitchen post, I showed an image of a garlic and coriander paste I made to marinate some pork skewers. A lot of you showed interest in that paste and asked if I would share the recipe. The recipe comes from a favourite restaurant of mine, Spirit House. As the restaurant […]

Short post. No time to scratch. But I’ll just take a few minutes to fill you in on why I’m running around like a blue-arsed fly. The day started early. Alfie needed to be at school an hour earlier than normal due to being bussed off to an all-day choir rehearsal for a concert he’s […]

With the exclusion of the Gen Y’s who are reading my blog, would it be fair to say Gen Y’s are useless? They’re not stupid as they’re perfectly capable of getting amazing results for their final school exams, and they walk right on into amazing universities, and they hold down jobs. They can even converse […]

One of my favourite indulgences is a long hot shower. I usually lean against the wall and let the water pelt onto my back while I clear my head and enjoy a few moments of solitude. Yesterday I was home-alone with just the little guy and I thought before hopping into the shower I would […]

The good news is, Arabella is on a high. After two surgeries and having been hoisting herself around on her cripple sticks since February 22, Arabella will be walking hands-free in 10 days time. She is having hydrotherapy and physiotherapy twice a week and her leg is becoming stronger and she can almost bend her […]

Medlars! I’d never heard of them. A good friend of mine lives on a property outside of Goulburn with a lot of medlar trees. And the trees were laden with autumn fruit. She posted a picture of the subsequent abundant harvest on facebook and how she was going to turn them into medlar jelly which […]

Today was my right leg’s turn to be operated on. And yes, I am talking it up. Not exactly an operation as such, just continuing on with the sclerotherapy and ligations I had last week on my left leg. After an ultrasound where my leg was marked-up I went into the operating room. The surgeon […]

After a couple of days of not being exactly sure of where we were, I definitely know where we are now. We’re on the West Coast of the USA and in the beautiful city of San Francisco. (I don’t mean to spoil the illusion but this is a virtual tour – it’s just I’ve had […]

I would love to be bringing you my mother’s cranberry sauce recipe but unfortunately and despite my very best efforts, I’m unable to. You see, it has to be made with either fresh or frozen cranberries and while that might seem simple enough, it actually isn’t – not in this part of the world, anyway. […]

When I was growing up there were a lot of traditions to be observed. Christmas had the bulk of these traditions. On Christmas Eve my mother would be up at around half past five to begin a day spent in the kitchen and in the climbing heat. In the early evening my father would gather […]